Famous First Words: I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me... Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
It is the 2047th anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian Era. Did you know that ancient Egyptian comic book writers used Hero-Glyphs. / The Pharaoh is so boastful; he sphinx he's the best at everything.
..........heart and soul..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Pride and Joy
We learn from history that we do not learn from history. --Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
It is a muggy Friday morning. 76°F is a fine temperature but the 85% humidity coats the lungs with water and makes breathing hard. The world is still very green and lush with summer's bounty. There is a very slight breeze that flutters the hair around the cheek but not the tree leaves. Even the willow is only moving the very ends of its long branches. Puck barks at everything – other dogs, squirrels, rabbits – real and imagined. An aroma of freshly cut grass and dry foliage fills the air and makes the mind wander to fields of wild flowers and Kansas prairies. When Puck needs to stop and rest in the shade, we return to our home....cozy and cool...with the familiar hum of air conditioning and the smell of fresh coffee. Puck takes a long drink and settles into his early morning nap. I doctor up my decaf making it creamy and sweet and sit down to write to you. It has all the makings of a great morning.
Hope your weekend walks like an Egyptian, ePistliers
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The situation in Afghanistan makes America look so bad, Texas has already banned schools from teaching it. --Trevor Noah
After a long day of building pyramids, workers ate at Pizza Tut. / A recent discovery in Egypt was a mummy covered in chocolate and nuts. They call it Pharaoh Roche.
..........Might even raise a little sand..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Voodoo Child
FYI of the Week: Seshat, (we pronounce it see-Shat) is the goddess of writing and measurement and the ruler of books in ancient Egyptian religion. Her name is often invoked at Scrabble games.
Trivia Questions: Happy Birthday to the Green Bay Packers !
^ Any idea what the club was named before it joined the NFL?
^^ What Green Bay Packers quarterback holds the record for most passing yards in a season?
^^^ What are Green Bay Packers fans commonly called?
^^^^ How long was Vince Lombardi's term as Packers head coach?
^^^^^ Who was the Packer's very first draft choice?
Big Hello: Bonjour – French https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Long fairy tales have a tendency to dragon. --Submitted by ma of ks
Max Picture of the Week: Max at the unknown launcher
Fake Library Statistics of the Week: A good children’s librarian knows exactly how many children can fit into any given space. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Little known fact, ancient Egyptian doorbells sounded like “toot-and-come-in”. / Mummies drink de-coffin-ated coffee.
..........Shakin' like a tree...rollin' like a log..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Look at Little Sister
Moonbeam: If I were, personally, to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. --Theodore Dreiser
Meditation Seed of the Week: If you were a superhero, which of your friends would you pick as your sidekick?
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Tarzan turns 99 today. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? / At the jungle parade the band played Tarzan Stripes Forever.
Week of the Week: Brake Safety Week (22-28) --I took the brakes out of my Ford Fiesta. Now the party never stops. / I think my brakes were made by Disney... Because they whistle while they work.
Several mummy musicians are wrap stars. / Mummies are always tense. They're afraid to relax and unwind.
..........I heard every word you said..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Leave My Girl Alone
^ Founded on August 11, 1919, by Earl "Curly" Lambeau, the Green Bay Packers were originally known as the Indian Packers. The team was named after their original sponsor, Lambeau's employer, the Indian Packing Company. In 1921, the year the Packers joined the NFL, Lambeau's employer was bought out by the Acme Packing Company, and he changed the team name to the "Acme Packers."
Almanac: It is Friday, August 27, 2021. The moon will be at the last quarter on Monday and is in Taurus. It is Tug-of-War Day, Just Because Day, and The Duchess Who Wasn't Day.
Among those born on this day were Hegel (1770), Charles Dawes (1865), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Samuel Goldwyn (1882),C.S. Forester (1899), LBJ (1908), Martha Raye (1908), Mother Teresa (1910), Ira Levin (1929), Tommy Sands (1937),Yuri Malyshev (1941), Tuesday Weld (1943), and Pee-wee Herman (1952).
On August twenty-seventh the Egyptian Era began (26 BCE), Tarzan of the Apes was published (1912), Green Bay was granted an NFL franchise (1921), the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed (1928), Stevie Ray Vaughan and 3 members of Eric Clapton's band were killed in a helicopter crash (1990).
Night Sky, 8/27: Whenever bright Vega crosses nearest your zenith, as it does right after dark now, you know that the Sagittarius Teapot is at its highest due south. Two hours later when Deneb crosses closest to the zenith, it's the turn of little Delphinus and boat-shaped Capricornus down below it to stand at their highest due south. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Image of the Week: Masked Jayhawk ~~O, yay, the students are back
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Dear ghosts, If you can move shit around and flicker lights then you can use a mop, --Submitted by PsyDe
This Week: Saturday, August 28 – Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day & International Bat Night
Sunday, August 29 – According to Hoyle Day & More Herbs, Less Salt Day & Pony Express Day
Night Sky, 8/29: Now that the Moon is out of the evening sky, it's prime Milky Way time. After dark, the Milky Way runs from Sagittarius in the south, up and a bit left across Aquila and through the big Summer Triangle high overhead, and on down through Cassiopeia to Perseus low in the north-northeast.
Monday, August 30 – International Whale Shark Day & National Toasted Marshmallow Day
Tuesday, August 31- Love Litigating Lawyers Day & National Matchmaker Day
Wednesday, September 1 – Random Acts of Kindness Day & World Letter Writing Day
Night Sky, 9/1: Venus, brilliant at magnitude –3.9, shines pure white in the west-southwest during twilight. It sets around twilight's end.
Thursday, September 2 – V-J Day & World Coconut Day
Cleopatra ended up in therapy because she was the queen of denial. / Little known fact: King Tut's mummy was wearing fruit-of-the-tomb underwear.
..........Soul to soul, soul to soul..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Say What!
^^ In 2011, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 4,643 yards, setting a team record for most passing yards in a season surpassing Lynn Dickey's previous record of 4,458 yards.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't care about the drugs or the alcohol. Just tell me who gave you these Ayn Rand books. --Submitted by Philosophy Matters
Moonbeam: When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument. --C S Forester
Video of the Week: Apeman by the Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHqs8SffDo A salute to Tarzan
Ollie's Very Own Picture of the Week: Ollie in an interdimensional portal
Not So Late Night Snacks of the Week: He said, and I quote him, "Obama is the founder of ISIS. He's the founder of ISIS. He's the founder. He founded ISIS," unquote. So not only is Donald Trump wrong about ISIS, he's also a terrible rapper. --Peter Sagal Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me 8/13/16
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. --Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Ancient Egyptian doctors were called Cairo-practors. / Did cats in ancient Egypt have nine after lives too?
..........Feels like I'm losing, at t breakneck pace..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Tightrope
^^^ Green Bay Packers fans are commonly called "cheeseheads," probably because Wisconsin is well-known for its cheese production. In response to the nickname, good natured fans often wear cheese-like foam triangles on their heads.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: 6% of scientists are Republican. Scientists have no explanation for why that number is so high. --Submitted by db of ks
Weird Word of the Week: Xenotransplantation – Transplanting organs from an animal to a human** http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-xen1.htm
** See Motorman by David Ohle
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Clean baked-on food from pots, pans, or casserole dishes. Fill the cookware with water, drop in six Alka-Seltzer tablets, let soak for one hour, and then scrub as usual. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/alkaseltzer.html
Puzzle of the Week: From Lewis Sargent of Portland, Oregon: Think of a six-letter word for a common kitchen activity. Change the second letter to the following letter of the alphabet, and you will have the name of a well-known American entertainer. This is the persons' full name as he or she is popularly known. Hint: This person is no longer living. What is the word and who is this entertainer? --Sunday Puzzle 8/6/06
Those patterns sometimes tattooed on the heads of ancient Egyptians were called hairo-glyphs. / Little Known Fact: It's eye before flea, except after bee.
...........Man, I'm standing out in the rain..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Texas Flood
^^^^ From 1959-1967, Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi compiled an amazing 98-30-4 career record (including postseason), giving him a .758 winning percentage.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: In Retrospect, That Was Stupid...the working title of my memoir. --Submitted by INRITH
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: The Return of UltraCon (28-29, West Palm Beach, FL) --Thundercats and Silverhawks reunion! https://ultraconofsouthflorida.com/ ~~Masks required
Actual Science Conference of the Week: International Conference on Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (ICCBE, 28-29) --presenting novel and fundamental advances https://10times.com/iccbe-philadelphia
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Baking – B B King
Facebook is a lot like ancient Egypt. People write on walls and worship cats. / Do hieroglyphs remind anyone else of emojis?
..........No one's got the time to spare..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Crossfire
^^^^^ The Green Bay Packers made University of San Francisco guard Russ Letlow their #1 choice in the very first NFL Draft (February 8, 1936).
My Own Writing of the Week: Now, Daphne would have waited until Apollo fell asleep to take her fleshy form again, but she was hit by a stray ray. She abruptly landed in his lap with a shriek and a large burn in her Vuitton. Apollo was delighted. Daphne was slyly indignant - mostly because she believed a pout showed off her lip line well. Words were exchanged, apologies made and with one thing and another it was a full century before either of them bothered to leave the glade. So it began.
We've all heard the story of how it ended. It's a myth, of course, created much later by Apollo's monks to foster a more macho image. Actually, he rejected her. Apollo became jealous - or perhaps simply bored - with the annual orgies run by Daphne in the name of the Great Mother. She had been its leader for a thousand years before he met her. It was her function, after all, and her only hold on immortality. And...she was good at her job, efficient and professional, which meant she and the congregation always had a good time. --From a short story called Daphne and Apollo
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Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I went looking for what to do with these vacuum sealed plums I was given. First I searched what can I do with vacuum sealed plums. It posted how to vacuum seal stuff. So I switched to How can I serve vsps. I got exactly the same websites on how to vacuum seal stuff (...buying our machine is the answer, in case you're curious.). Finally I tried Recipe VSPs. And at the end of about 47 pages of vacuum sealed food is healthy and delicious and how I should buy this machine to vacuum seal stuff...was a single recipe for sugar free plum marmalade. The ingredient list included 3/4 cup dried raisins. Aren't not dried raisins called grapes?
Today's Peace of History: Today's Peace of History, August 27, 1967: The San Francisco Peace Torch began its two-month journey to Washington, D.C. for a demonstration against the Vietnam War. ~~The October protest to which they traveled is called the Pentagon Riot.
The original pyramid scheme was to add ten blocks and then get ten friends each to add ten blocks and they get ten friends... / Do you think the ancient Egyptians excelled at Pictionary?
..........Rid me of the problem..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..Superstition
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle August 27, 2021, Seshat's ePistle Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 2511 Morningside Dr. Lawrence, KS 66047 Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Moonbeam: One paper says I'm Catholic and the other says I'm Jewish. I guess that's fitting because as a Methodist I'm meant to be undermined some of the time. --Martha Raye
Cost of War:
As of 8/26/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,159,242,717,132.
As of 8/19/21 Military Costs of War since 2001: $3,157,291,717,979.
As of 8/26/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,056,368,544,717.
As of 8/19/21 Homeland Security Costs since 2001: $1,055,042,850,732.
As of 8/26/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $877,663,425,010.
As of 8/19/21 Interest on War Debt since 2001: $875,996,650,910.
As of 8/26/21 Veterans Care since 2001: $355,105,338,417.
As of 8/19/21 Veterans Care since 2001: $354,729,487,630.
As of 8/26/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,448,058,493,408.
As of 8/19/21 Total Cost of Wars since 2001: $5,443,058,348,986.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. --Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Famous Last Words: ...the seal of the United State to be affixed. --The Kellogg-Briand Pack
..........This old house ain't got nothing to lose..........Stevie Ray Vaughan …..The House Is a Rockin'
Little Known Fact: Tutankhamen's chef was named Gordon Ramesses. / Of course there were airplanes in ancient Egypt. Otherwise how would people come back to their houses after seeing the pyramids?
May Peace be your purpose
And Joy be your method
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